Practice. Practice. Practice. It’s the mantra of all great athletes, writers, poets, musicians and the like. So, when a willing, aspiring, and determined model comes your way it’s a gift. Numerous shoots later, Melissa keeps bringing ideas and thoughts and a cheerful disposition to our shoots. How she finds the time? I’m not sure since she’s a full-time grad student. A few of my favorites images, from a variety of shoots.
And this blog post would not be complete without a special thanks to Matt Oscadal. Matt, Melissa’s boyfriend, has been an invaluable help with totting equipment and gripping on all of the shoots. Here’s Matt and Melissa trying to stay on the ground . . . in some windy weather. Thanks again to both of you.
Anginet Page, aka Paparazzi Girl, had a 10 year vow renewal on June 9 to her husband of 10 years Jason Page. Paparazzi Girl is a crazy amazing wedding photographer (check her out), so being selected to photographer her vow renewal was quite an honor. As you’ll see in the photos . . . it was a movie 1940’s movie themed event. Here’s a few of my favs. Also, shout out to Tye Eyden and Amanda Gideon for great help and crazy awesome image creation. Thanks much!
The Lady of 10 Years. Anginet Page, also known as, Paparazzi Girl . . . with her "other" lover - mmm, chocolate.
And before the show began . . . a little behind the scenes of the photographers in their bling, bling, bling “official” outfits.
What you can’t see . . . is we’re reading the camera manual. Finally figured out how to use C1, C2, and C3 – for all your canon users out there, it’s a clinch feature, that is worth knowing about – even if it took me 2 year to learn about. After all, when is a better time to learn your camera than on the clock - right?
And the photo “booth.” And for the record it ain’t a booth. It’s a backdrop. And it’s way cooler, since you have to interact with the photographer, giving way cooler images.
Kaili, the hair artist that madeup Anginet's hair, with her husband.
Ryan Erickson being the"James Dean," with his women deb. Ryan is a fabulous photographer check it out.
And Tye’s nickname is Sexy Tye. Here he IS, “Bringing Sexy Back.”
Okay, really why do we want chocolate with a conscious . . . half of us feel guilty enough when we eat that tasty little morsel. Well, with these particular truffles, guilt be gone, because they are adhering to the triple bottom line, of Primal Echo. So eat and enjoy . . . even if they are decadent!
Dark Chocolate Espresso Truffle. Part of a Primal Echo Chocolate Truffles 10 box set.
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Truffle in dark shell. Part of a Primal Echo Chocolate Truffles 10 box set.
White Chocolate Truffle in dark chocolate shell. Part of a Primal Echo Chocolate Truffles 10 box set.
Dr. Eric Cornell, runner, and Nobel laureate stands with the iconic Boulder Flatirons in the distance.
It’s always exciting when I get an email for an assignment from Runners World. The staff is awesome, and the assignments bring me to interesting locations and cool people.
This time I photographed physics Nobel laureate, Eric Cornell at Colorado University campus. Eric IS the guy who has made the “coldest” thing ever. Say a wee bit above absolute zero. And lo- he used lasers to do it? Don’t ask me how, but really? Laser to make things cold? I’m sure the beer companies could make a killing off this technology. Anyway, back to the photography.
It was a great day with many challenges – namely Overly-Enthusiastic-Open-Space-Boulder-Ranger – read “get permit” and hence, go beg at the door of the local catholic perish to use their property. Also, I had a friend, Brian Pettit, assist me that day. Without him I’d still be hauling lights through Boulder open space, with a Ranger protecting prairie dogs – gasp, did I just write that?
Anyway, it was an awesome shoot, and If you are Runner’s World Reader, check it out it on page 25 of the June 2011 issue. And for the record, I do like Prairie Dogs.
The Greenland 50K is a trail race outside of Greenland Colorado. Good luck finding the town. It is tiny. Anyway, I’ve photographed the race for a few years now. This year, I hired a second photographer, Matt Oscadal, who hiked the million miles down the trail to photograph the runners on the course - he did a fantastic job on the action shots. Meanwhile, I stayed at the finish line and photographed portraits of willing race participants. Here’s a few of my portraits from the day.
Daughter and Mother . . . windy - do you think?
Group of friends,"representing."
Smoking Guns . . .
Innocent little smile . . . yeah, well, Melanie Fryer dropped the hammer, and secured the course record in 4 hr, 3 minutes and 33 seconds. Go super Girl, Go!
This is more like it. Melanie Fryer's Stoic-Super-Human-Stance. . . . and she still has a grin . . . BTW. In all of her running pictures she's smiling. People, she ran for over 4 hours! Heck, I don't know if I can drive for that long without a break . . . .
I can’t remember his name now, but I believe he recently moved from Pennsylvania to Colorado, and then decided to run a 50K. Hmmm . . . . yeah, that’s awesome, and amazing.
And whoa . . . the lowly race director, Derek Griffith. If it weren’t for his vision, you could all be at home watching TV – that was a joke, kinda of. He is also the publisher of Colorado Runner Magazine. If you’re a runner who lives in Colorado, this magazine is the source. Check it out, buy it, get a subscription.
Now I hope we’re all inspired . . . leave the keyboard and go run! Well or read more posts.
This past Sunday I joined with Paparazzi Girl to complete the Super Team as we photographed hair for two hair stylists competing in a Toni & Guy hair competition. Both the Stylist, Kaili and Karen are super talented . . . as you can see in the pictures. And the models were fabulous. Please note, none of these shots have been touched up so . . . hence the fly-aways.
If you’re interested you can view editorial shots of the Kaili’s hair and outfits on Anginet’s blog.
